A good question.  Yes, while I hope it wouldn't change the person I am, the 
opinions I hold, or the way I treat people talking one-to-one, I expect it 
would change my participation in public discussions.  I'd be very conscious 
that anything I said could be taken (rightly or wrongly) as The Voice of 
Carolingia speaking ex cathedra.  This could then have a stifling effect - or 
worse, a polarizing effect - which are things I'd very much want to avoid.  
Hopefully I'd still chime in occasionally on matters of historical trivia 
and/or fact, both medieval and Carolingian.  No, I wouldn't become shy, but 
yes, I would become more reserved.
